[ESS] Questions on Section 3.3

[Marius Hofert]

Hi Vitalie,

thanks again for helping. Below is what I obtain.

Cheers,
Marius

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(remove-hook (quote completion-at-point-functions) (quote
ess-filename-completion) (quote local)) (add-hook (quote
completion-at-point-functions) (quote ess-R-object-completion) nil
(quote local)) (add-hook (quote completion-at-point-functions) (quote
ess-filename-completion) nil (quote local)) (setq comint-input-sender
(quote inferior-R-input-sender)) (if gdbp (progn (ess-process-put
(quote callbacks) (quote (R-initialize-on-start)))
(process-send-string (get-process ess-local-process-name) "\n"))
(ess-wait-for-process) (R-initialize-on-start))
(ess-write-to-dribble-buffer (format "(R):
inferior-ess-language-start=%s\n" inferior-ess-language-start)))
  R(nil)
  call-interactively(R record nil)
  command-execute(R record)
  execute-extended-command(nil "R")
  call-interactively(execute-extended-command nil nil)
  command-execute(execute-extended-command)




On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 9:03 PM, Vitalie Spinu <spinuvit at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Could you please post the backtrace that you see on C-g (with "M-x
> toggle-debug-on-quit" beforehand).
>
>   Vitalie
>
>  >>> Marius Hofert on Sun, 17 May 2015 17:31:44 -0400 wrote:
>
>  > On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 5:28 PM, Vitalie Spinu <spinuvit at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >> >>> Marius Hofert on Sun, 17 May 2015 17:21:45 -0400 wrote:
>  >>
>  >> > There are no *R* buffers (except those I have open locally).
>  >>
>  >> That's strange. Looks like it's not getting to R's initialization
>  >> then. What is your ESS version?
>  >>
>
>  > It's 15.03-1, but that's a good point. It's only my 'local' ESS
>  > installation. The remote server does not have ESS installed. Since
>  > this works via tramp, I'm assuming it's not needed, but may it is (?)
>
>  >> Vitalie